The week at a glance - October 6, 2019

Daphne inquiry ‘does not meet expectations’: A Council of Europe committee has “invited” the Maltese government to urgently address concerns raised by its rapporteur on the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights said it endorsed the views of Peter Omtzigt on the inquiry, in which he raises concerns related to the composition of the inquiry board and its terms of reference. “The inquiry as currently constituted clearly does not meet the Assembly’s expectations,” Mr Omtzigt declared.

Lands Authority CEO given more powers: The Board of Governors of the Lands Authority delegated most of its powers to the CEO, former Labour Party boss James Piscopo, adhering to strict government instructions. In what authority sources interpreted as a “win” for  the CEO in an apparent power struggle with the board, it was decided that most of the authority’s decisions be devolved to the office of the CEO, leaving only a few major decisions that will need the board’s seal of approval.

Judge revokes magisterial inquiry into hospitals’ deal: Mr Justice Giovanni Grixti revoked a decision for a magisterial inquiry into...